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My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
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Lawers, I suppose, were children once.
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.
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He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.
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Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.
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The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is, perhaps, cowardice.
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A child’s nature is too serious a thing to admit of its being regarded as a mere appendage to another human being.
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You look wise. Pray correct that error.
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’TIS THE PRIVILEGE OF FRIENDSHIP TO TALK NONSENSE, AND TO HAVE HER NONSENSE RESPECTED.
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The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

‘Table Talk by the late Elia’ in The Athenaeum 4 January 1834

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Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, philologist, historian, and civil servant. He is widely recognized for "Essays of Elia," a collection of autobiographical essays, and for "Tales from Shakespeare," which he co-wrote with his sister Mary. Lamb's life was marked by personal challenges, including his sister's mental illness and his own financial struggles. Despite these adversities, he maintained a strong friendship with many of the leading intellectuals of his time, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His writing is characterized by its poignancy, humor, and insight, offering a glimpse into 19th-century London life and the complexities of the human condition. He died in Edmonton, Middlesex.